Today in Supreme Court History: June 3, 1918
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6/3/1918: Hammer v. Dagenhart decided. The post Today in Supreme Court History: June 3, 1918 appeared first on Reason.com.
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Today in Supreme Court History: June 2, 1952
6/2/1952: Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer decided. The post Today in Supreme Court History: June 2, 1952 appeared first on Reason.com.
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The Draft Is Unpopular. Registration Becomes Automatic in December Anyway.
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Soldiers
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The Supreme Court Reverses Inferior Court Supremacy In Alabama
Alabama has no obligation to follow a vacated order, and had every right to challenge a district court's order until it is settled by the Supreme Court.
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Trump's Self-Promotion Is Always Shameless and Sometimes Illegal
President Donald Trump next to a photo of the Kennedy Center
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Bernie Sanders' AI Wealth Fund Bill Shows That He Doesn't Understand AI or Wealth
Blue-tinted New York Stock Exchange in the background, AI company logos, and a yellow-tinted picture of Bernie Sanders in the foreground
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Where Have All the Good Lawyers Gone?
How did an immunity for Trump sneak into Slushfundgate?
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Cutting Tariffs on Farm Equipment Is Another Admission That Trump's Trade Policies Are Increasing Prices
A combine drives through a field
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Trump Is Reportedly Reconsidering His Politically and Legally Contentious 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'
Traffic cones standing between President Donald Trump and a pile of money
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The Cigar Lounge That Bureaucracy Almost Killed
A window storefront for Bison Head Cigar & Lounge
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Free Speech Unmuted: The First Amendment and Privacy Rights
Jane Bambauer and I explore the uneasy collision between free speech and privacy law—from anonymous pamphlets and wiretaps to revenge porn, hidden cameras, Hulk Hogan, and whether anyone truly owns their own name or life story.
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Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Protecting Group Flying "8647" Flag
The flag, in context, likely doesn't fit within the First Amendment exception for true threats of illegal conduct or incitement of illegal conduct.
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Eventually, the Steam Drill Always Wins: "Law Professors Prefer AI Over Peer Answers"
From a draft by Stanford law professor Julian Nyarko and others: We conducted a blinded evaluation of short-answer tutoring in… The post Eventually, the Steam Drill Always Wins: "Law Professors Prefer AI Over Peer Answers" appeared first on Reason.com.
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The Enhanced Games Proved Enhancement Works But Youth Works Better
A flexing bicep, with an 'FDA Approved" patch on it
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Upcoming Speaking Engagements - Summer 2026
Ilya Somin's upcoming speaking engagements for the summer of 2026. Most are free and open to the public.
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The Protect College Sports Act Trades NCAA Chaos for Federal Overreach
Against a blue background with the NCAA logo, a collage image with photographs of Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Maria Cantwell, a hockey player, and a basketball player.
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New in Civitas: "The Roberts Court Needs To Reboot The Machinery Of Death"
"The way for judges to stop tinkering with the machinery of death is to stop tinkering with the machinery of death."
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Suggestion That Rabbi Endorses Jews for Jesus May Be Defamatory
From Amitay v. Jews for Jesus, decided Thursday by the California Court of Appeal (Justice Marla Miller, joined by Justices… The post Suggestion That Rabbi Endorses Jews for Jesus May Be Defamatory appeared first on Reason.com.
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"Disturbing Lawful Meeting" Doesn't Need to Be "Substantial" to Be Criminal, at Least if a "Purpose to … Disrupt" Is Shown
So holds the Ohio Court of Appeals, interpreting the Ohio disturbing-lawful-meeting statute.
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Court Rejects Claim That Rwandan Speech Restrictions Will Prevent Rwandan Witnesses in U.S. Perjury Trial "from Speaking Freely About the Genocide"
From Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV yesterday in U.S. v. Nshimiye (D. Mass.): This is a criminal case arising out… The post Court Rejects Claim That Rwandan Speech Restrictions Will Prevent Rwandan Witnesses in U.S. Perjury Trial "from Speaking Freely About the Genocide" appeared first on Reason.com.
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How To Sell a War
Presidents use a web of private influence to garner support for foreign invasions.
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Thomas and Alito Shortchange the Bill of Rights in Another Criminal Justice Case
Plus: a few words about my new book
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1776 All-Stars: Benjamin Franklin Reminds Us To Just Do Things
Franklin was fundamentally an optimist, and his life reminds us that politics is not what really matters.
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Brickbat: Pawned Off
Chief Earl Mayo of the New Chicago, Indiana, Police Department
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My New Article Making "The Case Against Mass Deportation" [Updated with link]
It was published on the Society for the Rule of Law's Checks and Balances substack.
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Court Upholds Dismissal of U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Officer for "Crass Statements on LinkedIn" "in Uniform"
From Wenzler v. U.S. Coast Guard, decided today by Seventh Circuit Judge Michael Scudder, joined by Judges Amy St. Eve… The post Court Upholds Dismissal of U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Officer for "Crass Statements on LinkedIn" "in Uniform" appeared first on Reason.com.
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Why Socialism Won't Deliver Government Efficiency
Katherine Mangu-Ward appears on the left. Peter Suderman appears on the right. An image of Zohran Mamdani in front of a coin with a US dollar sign on its appears in the center square. Bold text across the top of the screen reads "DOGE FOR SOCIALISTS?"
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Why did the FBI Want Dilbert Creator Scott Adams' Twitter Data?
Scott Adams, with the FBI logo in the background
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Judge Ross Should Have Been Punished For Abdicating Her Judicial Power To Her Law Clerks
Perhaps it is common enough for Presidents to sign executive orders he does not read, or for members of Congress to vote on bills they do not read, but federal judges should aspire to a higher standard.
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Trump Broke the Law When He Slapped His Name on the Kennedy Center, a Federal Judge Says
President Donald Trump in front of a sign for the renamed Kennedy Center
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Trump's Cotton Bailout Is Another Sign His Tariffs Aren't Working
Donald Trump with a picture of a cotton plant behind him
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Justice Thomas Faults The Court's Inconsistent Approach to Summary Reversals
This aspect of the "shadow" docket is largely ignored.
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Shame on the U.K. for Censoring Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur
Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker
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"ICE Expected the Court to Accept … [Its] Basis for Detaining Petitioner, but Shield Its Rationale from the Court"
"Such practices are repugnant to the rule of law, and ICE is warned that further obfuscation and misuse of sealing and redaction before the undersigned will lead to sanctions against the agency."
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DHS Can't Decide If There's a Hunger Strike Going on at a New Jersey Detention Center
Tom Homan and Markwayne Mullin
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How To Win a Trade War? Lose Less Than Your Opponents.
"How to Win a Trade War" book cover
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Indiana Police Misplace More Than $30,000 Seized in Massage Parlor Raids
The raids took place after a detective with the state Protection for Abused and Trafficked Humans Law Enforcement Task Force got four penis massages.
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The Art of the Deal cont'd, cont'd
Serious questions about Trump's scheme to get the government to (a) put $1.776 billion into a slush fund under his control, and (b) drop ALL tax claims the IRS has against him, are, I'm happy to report, not going away.
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Trump's Corrupt 'Settlement' With the IRS Hits Two Judicial Roadblocks
President Donald Trump
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Spiraling Out of Control
An MQ-9 Reaper — the aircraft type that absorbed two confirmed total losses at Ali Al Salem on May 30, 2026
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No Pseudonymity in Lawsuit by Inmate Who Claims Detectives Endangered Him by …
actions signaling that he might have sent law enforcement information about another inmate.
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What If You Start Calling Yourself Jane Smith, and Sue as Jane Smith, Instead of Asking to Sue Under a Pseudonym?
Suing under a pseudonym can often be quite valuable to a plaintiff; for instance, someone suing over alleged mistreatment by… The post What If You Start Calling Yourself Jane Smith, and Sue as Jane Smith, Instead of Asking to Sue Under a Pseudonym? appeared first on Reason.com.
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